New...but not Green.

uwe · February 15, 2011, 05:01:00 AM

Ah, from that healthcare nation the USA is under! Willkommen.

(So he doesn't wear fur and he's not bearded. Fat chance he's a BTO member then. Sigh.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk&feature=related

Highlander · February 15, 2011, 12:28:58 PM

I guess the Cannucks are as rare a breed here as us Eurotrash, too...

Welcome (verdigris'd and tarnished in the UK)

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 03:01:30 AM

Welcome Muzold. I too am an owner and a fan of gutted and customised Dean Edge basses. Mine is a 4 string with Passive EMG's, CTS pots, Switchcraft output and a Gotoh 201 bridge.

uwe · February 16, 2011, 05:02:17 AM

I have two Dean Flying V basses ... one of them

will inevitably derail this innocent thread to the non-subject of assless chaps I fear ...

godofthunder · February 16, 2011, 06:17:33 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 15, 2011, 05:01:00 AM
Ah, from that healthcare nation the USA is under! Willkommen.

(So he doesn't wear fur and he's not bearded. Fat chance he's a BTO member then. Sigh.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJprEyXMrIk&feature=related

BTO a guilty pleasure of mine! Love the live footage! Welcome muzoid!

uwe · February 16, 2011, 08:17:39 AM

I lik'em too. They play to my most primal and archaic instincts, just like Status Quo. To me BTO is like a rocked up CCR though admittedly Herr Bachmann isn't quite the songwriter Herr Fogerty is, but he's good enough to tap your feet to and be instantly put in a good mood.

What bass is that C.F. Turner (back then generally a Ricster) is playing in that footage?

Looks Les Paulish, but is a long scale ...

TBird1958 · February 16, 2011, 09:11:27 AM

We had the track coach for P.E. back in High School, he'd make us run "stairs" as part of our warm up - we'd sing "Takin' care of business" while running them because it pissed him off

godofthunder · February 16, 2011, 10:01:57 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 16, 2011, 08:17:39 AM
I lik'em too. They play to my most primal and archaic instincts, just like Status Quo. To me BTO is like a rocked up CCR though admittedly Herr Bachmann isn't quite the songwriter Herr Fogerty is, but he's good enough to tap your feet to and be instantly put in a good mood.

What bass is that C.F. Turner (back then generally a Ricster) is playing in that footage? Looks Les Paulish, but is a long scale ...

Pretty sure it's a Guild M-85

uwe · February 16, 2011, 11:12:08 AM

I'm terrible at spotting Guilds unless they are B-302s.

sniper · February 16, 2011, 11:17:35 AM

Uwe, your avatar reminds me of the Bullet Bass ... still got that?

Freuds_Cat · February 16, 2011, 11:20:44 AM

Love BTO, especially the Not Fragile album

uwe · February 16, 2011, 12:29:10 PM

Quote from: sniper on February 16, 2011, 11:17:35 AM
Uwe, your avatar reminds me of the Bullet Bass ... still got that?

Sure.

Why should I sell it? And into a country where they shoot basses?!!!! Orville Gibson forbid!

sniper · February 16, 2011, 02:11:30 PM

good to see, i referenced it here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130487323476&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT

Muzoid · February 16, 2011, 10:34:46 PM

Wow, talk about a derail - hahahaha

All good though....

No, I never worked with BTO....would have been a cool gig though.

uwe · February 17, 2011, 05:09:56 AM

What kind of music do you play/like to play?

Hey, and it could have been a lot worse, we could have welcomed you with jokes about Canadian bands that write instrumentals about license plates ... But we really didn't want to rush things. Yet.

Please feel uninhibited und turn yourself loose here, we cannuck get enough of ...